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ALA Notable Books for Adults: 1950-1954

Here is a list of ALA's Notable Books for Adults from 1950-1954. How many of these books have you read?
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Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin P Thomas)
Abraham Lincoln
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Benjamin P Thomas
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
2
Saul Bellow
After the Lost Generation (John W. Aldridge)
After the Lost Generation
3
John W. Aldridge
The Age of Faith (Will Durant)
The Age of Faith
4
Will Durant
The Age of Suspicion (James Arthur Wechsler)
The Age of Suspicion
5
James Arthur Wechsler
Always the Young Strangers (Carl Sandburg)
Always the Young Strangers
6
Carl Sandburg
American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 (George F. Kennan)
American Diplomacy, 1900-1950
7
George F. Kennan
American Indian Design & Decoration (Le Roy H. Appleton)
American Indian Design & Decoration
8
Le Roy H. Appleton
The American Mind (Henry Steele Commager)
The American Mind
9
Henry Steele Commager
Annapurna (Maurice Herzog)
Annapurna
10
Maurice Herzog
Arrow in the Blue (Arthur Koestler)
Arrow in the Blue
11
Arthur Koestler
The Art of Teaching (Gilbert Highet)
The Art of Teaching
12
Gilbert Highet
The Ascent of Everest (John Hunt)
The Ascent of Everest
13
John Hunt
Autobiography (Robert A. Millikan)
Autobiography
14
Robert A. Millikan
Autobiography (William Carlos Williams)
Autobiography
15
William Carlos Williams
Away All Boats (Kenneth Dodson)
Away All Boats
16
Kenneth Dodson
Back of History (W.W. Howells)
Back of History
17
W.W. Howells
Barabbas (Pär Lagerkvist)
Barabbas
18
Pär Lagerkvist
Battle Cry (Leon Uris)
Battle Cry
19
Leon Uris
Ben Jonson of Westminster (Marchette Chute)
Ben Jonson of Westminster
20
Marchette Chute
Berlioz and His Century (Jacques Barzun)
Berlioz and His Century
21
Jacques Barzun
Bernard Shaw & Mrs Patrick Campbell - Their Correspondence (George Bernard Shaw)
Bernard Shaw & Mrs Patrick Campbell - Their Correspondence
22
George Bernard Shaw
Beyond the High Himalayas (William O. Douglas)
Beyond the High Himalayas
23
William O. Douglas
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian (Wallace Stegner)
Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
24
Wallace Stegner
Big Change: America Transforms Itself 1900-1950 (Frederick Lewis Allen)
Big Change: America Transforms Itself 1900-1950
25
Frederick Lewis Allen
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (James A. Michener)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
26
James A. Michener
But We Were Born Free (Elmer Holmes Davis)
But We Were Born Free
27
Elmer Holmes Davis
The Caine Mutiny (Herman Wouk)
The Caine Mutiny
28
Herman Wouk
Captain Sam Grant (Lewis)
Captain Sam Grant
29
Lewis
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
30
J.D. Salinger
Charles Evans Hughes (Merlo J. Pusey)
Charles Evans Hughes
31
Merlo J. Pusey
Closing the Ring (Winston Churchill)
Closing the Ring
32
Winston Churchill
The Collected Poems (Archibald MacLeish)
The Collected Poems
33
Archibald MacLeish
The Collected Poems (Dylan Thomas)
The Collected Poems
34
Dylan Thomas
Collected Stories of William Faulkner (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories of William Faulkner
35
William Faulkner
The Complete Poems and Plays (T.S. Eliot)
The Complete Poems and Plays
36
T.S. Eliot
The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg (Carl Sandburg)
The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg
37
Carl Sandburg
The Conduct of Life (Lewis Mumford)
The Conduct of Life
38
Lewis Mumford
The Confident Years: 1885-1915 (Van Wyck Brooks)
The Confident Years: 1885-1915
39
Van Wyck Brooks
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot (Russell Kirk)
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
40
Russell Kirk
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